Analysis of Darkening Sun
Deifying themselves,
the scientists disprove
with their tools
the existence of God
To sit on a throne
artificially made
the Creator to them
falsely shod
They loudly decry
as their courtiers boast
about how powerful
their laws have become
While built into their structure
a flaw starts to crack
their self-glory
—a darkening sun
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
| Scheme | XXXA XXXA XXBX XXXX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 010001 111 001011 11101 01001 001011 101 11001 111001 011100 11101 1101110 01111 1110 01001 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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